What it means
When the seller has a Swedish address and gives a company registration number (BT-30), the value must be a number. The usual way of writing a Swedish organisation number, with a hyphen in the middle as in 556677-8899, is not numeric and fails.
Why it matters
Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 requires a numeric company registration number when the seller has a Swedish address and provides one.
How to fix it
Open the seller's company details in your invoicing software and find the company registration number (organisation number). Remove the hyphen, spaces and any letters so only the ten digits are left. In the UBL XML it is cbc:CompanyID inside cac:PartyLegalEntity of the seller.
Once the file is corrected, check it again for free: Validate a Peppol BIS invoice
Or fix the invoice in a form and download the corrected file, for 1 credit: Fix a rejected e-invoice
The rule as published
Read the rule on the publisher's site
Where this rule applies
| Rule set | Version |
|---|---|
| Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (invoice) | 2026.5 |
| Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (credit note) | 2026.5 |
Check your file
Drop your e-invoice to see whether SE-R-003 still fails, and which other rules do.
Related rules
- SE-R-004 A Swedish organisation number must have 10 characters
- SE-R-005 Swedish tax registration must read Godkänd för F-skatt
- SE-R-006 Swedish VAT category S allows only rates 6, 12 and 25
- SE-R-007 A Plusgiro account number should be numeric
- SE-R-008 A Bankgiro account number should be numeric
- SE-R-009 A Bankgiro account number should have 7 or 8 characters